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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Reasons for Staying - Almost Human, Pages 75 - 95).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "American Legend," why does the speaker say he crashed the car?
(a) He wanted to get attention.
(b) To hold his father and free his dog.
(c) He did not do it on purpose.
(d) He wanted to feel pain.

2. In "Not Even," what does the speaker suggest "made" his people instead of "the crash"?
(a) The debris.
(b) The sea.
(c) The moon.
(d) The sun.

3. In "Ars Poetica as the Maker," what does the speaker try to stretch the clay slab into?
(a) Five blades of light.
(b) Reason.
(c) Heather.
(d) Trees.

4. In "Dear T," what does the speaker say the birds are?
(a) Feelings.
(b) Holes in the gunshot sky.
(c) Distractions.
(d) Harbingers.

5. In "Reasons for Staying," what does the speaker's mother apply before heading to chemo?
(a) A scarf.
(b) Lipstick.
(c) A coat.
(d) Blush.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Tell Me Something Good," what does the speaker pack a bag with?

2. In "Dear Sara," how old is Sara?

3. In "Not Even," what does the speaker say being real does?

4. In "Dear Sara," what does Sara look out at at the end of the poem?

5. In "Künstlerroman," what are the lover's clothes returned to them like?

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